“It’s not enough to wish ... Your life’s going to get worse if you don’t get it taken care of,” Lohrmann said.

Roe pleaded guilty May 3 to the charge of attempting to elude a pursuing police vehicle.

Walla Walla police said Officer Kevin Braman on April 12 located a van — driven by Roe, who had outstanding arrest warrants and a suspended driver’s license — and tried to stop it in the 1000 block of North 13th Avenue.

The van sped north on state Route 125 then east on Bergevin Springs Road. Roe fled on foot through a wheat field.

Braman apprehended him about 12:20 p.m.

Roe also initially was charged with third-degree driving while license suspended or revoked, but that was dismissed in exchange for his guilty plea to eluding.